Gene Watson

About

Gary Gene Watson (born October 11, 1943) is an American country music singer. He is most famous for his 1975 hit “Love in the Hot Afternoon”, his 1981 number-one hit “Fourteen Carat Mind”, and his signature 1979 song “Farewell Party”. Watson’s long career has included five number-one hits, 21 top 10s, and 48 charted singles.

Watson was born in Palestine, Texas, United States. He was raised in Paris, Texas, but in 1963, he relocated to Houston. He began his music career in the 1960s, performing in local clubs at night while working in a Houston auto body shop during the day. He recorded for only a few small, regional record labels having a regional hit “Bad Water”, until 1975, when Capitol Records picked up his album Love in the Hot Afternoon and released it nationally. The title track, a mid-tempo ballad in three-quarter time, was released in June 1975, and it reached number three on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.
Watson’s national success continued throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s, as he recorded several Billboard top-40 hits, including “Where Love Begins”, “Paper Rosie”, “Should I Come Home (or Should I Go Crazy)”, “Nothing Sure Looked Good on…